Dictionary Entry

derisive

Part of Speech: nounPronunciation: /dɪˈɹaɪ.sɪv/Used In Literature ↓

A derisive remark.

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Common Phrases

laughter derisive. derisivelaugh derisivesmile derisiveterm derisivecomments derisive

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Poetry examples for “derisive”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

No one throws through the chapel-window
The bitter, snarling, derisive stone.

as before, fingers perfectly
its derisive music.